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First Ever Random Thursday Movie Line Contest Answers (and Winner)!

Since I didn’t make it clear to everyone that Google was a legitimate research tool in this contest—I apologize, rookie mistake—I numbered everyone who ventured a guess, right or wrong, and tossed the list into the random number generator to get a winner.

But first, here are the answers and a lot of clips. I recommend all of these movies, by the way. Even number six:

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1.

Jake Blues (John Belushi), The Blues Brothers

I saw this movie for the first time my freshman year of college. To this day, “Locusts!” is my favorite excuse, for anything.

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2.

“This is Sparta!”

—King Leonides (Gerard Butler), 300

You know, this is actually sort of a chick flick, if you watch it with the sound off . . .

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3.

I would say so far, adulthood gets a three.

—Candace (voice: Ashley Tinsdale), Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension

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4.

“I feel sorry for men who don’t knit—they lead empty lives.”

—J. Pierpont Finch (Robert Morse, who is both adorable and creepy), How to Succeed at Business Without Really Trying

Finch is sucking up to his boss, who knits to relax.

This is one of my favorite musicals—it’s one long con with an emergency save. The title, by the way, is a lie.

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5.

Aristotle was not Belgian. The central message of Buddhism is not ‘every man for himself.’ And the London Underground is not a political movement. Those are all mistakes, Otto. I looked ‘em up.

—Wanda (Jamie Lee Curtis), A Fish Called Wanda

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6.

This may not be a great movie . . . okay, it’s not . . . but it’s one of my favorite cult cheese-fests. Ignore Schwartzenegger (who actually isn’t bad in this, considering the material he was given): Richard Dawson, playing the producer and host of the number one game show in a dystopian America—in which criminals are allowed to win their freedom in a sort of rigged gladiatorial death-match race— is seriously one of the best cold-blooded, calculating villains I’ve ever seen.

It’s more than possible that this movie influenced that drawer novel I threatened as a booby prize.

This is the quote I screwed up the most—sorry, Kev. You’re right, it’s the perfect clip for writers.

I should have stuck with Gwen’s ending line: “Whoever wrote this episode should die!”

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10.

“When I first saw you, I thought you were handsome. Then, of course, you spoke.”

—Carol Connelly (Helen Hunt), As Good as it Gets

I kind of feel that way about Jack Nicholson, too . . . And yes, this was from Mrs. P.

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11.

Sarah’s favorite John Wayne quote:

I tried so hard to find a clip and couldn’t! This one needs some context: Ssraight-laced Amelia Dedham (Elizabeth Allen) goes to a tropical island to find her father and finds Mike Donovan (John Wayne) as well. Sparks fly and Amelia usually ends up embarrassed and hopping mad.

At one point, she jumps into the backward-facing seat of golf-cart-jeep-like vehicle, and tells the driver to take her to Donovan so she can tell him off. Just as they pass Donovan walking on the road, the vehicle hits a bump and wham she’s suddenly sitting in the street. Donvan ambles past her and drawls, “Did you hurt your . . . self?”

Naturally, Amelia goes incandescent . . .

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12.

Hannah Morgan (the incomparable Lauren Bacall), The Mirror has Two Faces

The quote comes right after Rose says, “Does anyone want coffee?”

Hannah tells her to go ahead and make it, and when Rose says, “Why don’t you make it?” Hannah says . . .

This is neat. I’m sorry to have missed the deadline. Twice. When I saw your email, I should have checked immediately. Congratulations to Winner Sarah and a huge e-pat on the back for Host-Sarah, as you put it together. And so nicely, complete with video clips. You finding the time to do it is award-worthy alone.